322 GLOSSARY. 



Gramineous. Resembling grasses. 



Granular. Formed of grains, or covered with grains. 



Gymnosj)ermous. Having naked seeds. 



Gynandrous. Having the stamens growing on the pistils- 



H 



Habit. The general external appearance of a plant, by which 



it is known at sight. 

 Halberd shaped. See Hastate. 

 Hastate. Shaped like a halberd. It differs from arrow shaped 



in having the barbs or lateral portions more distinct and 



divergent. 

 Head. A dense, round collection of flowers, which are nearly 



sessile; as in common Clover. 

 Helmet. The concave upper lip of a labiate flower. 

 Herb. All that portion of a plant which is not included in the 



root or fructification ; as the stem, leaves, &c. 

 Herbaceous. Not woody. 

 Hermaphrodite. See Perfect. 

 Hilum. The scar or mark on a seed, where it was attached to 



the plant or seed vessel ; as in Beans, Peas, &c. 

 Hirsute. Rough with hairs. 

 Hispid. Bristly. More than hirsute. 

 Hooded. See Cucullale. 

 Horn. See Spur. 

 Hybrid. A mongrel or intermediate species between two 



others, from which it is descended. 

 Hypocrateriform. Salver shaped. With a tube abruptly ex- 

 panded into a flat border. 



I 



Icosandrous. Having about twenty stamens growing on the 



calyx and not on the receptacle. Belonging to the class 



Icosandria. 

 Imbricate. Lving over each other like scales, or the shingles 



of a roof. 

 Included. Wholly received or contained in a cavity. The 



opposite of exserted. 

 Incrassaled. Thickened upward. Larger toward the end. 

 Incumbent. Lying against or across. 

 Indigenous. Native. Growing originally in a country. 

 Indusium. Plura! Indusia. The involucre or veil which covers 



the fruit of ferns. 

 Inferior. Lowermost. Used to express the relative situation 



of the. calyx and germ. An inferior flower is one in which 



the calyx and corolla are below the germ. 

 Inflated. Tumid ard hollow. Blown up like a bladder- 

 Inflorescence The manner in which the flowers are situated or 



connected with the . !>i"t, and with each other. 

 Infundib aliform. Funnel shaped, which see. 



